Monday, April 13, 2015

WEEK #12

TABU (neuter gender/ett-word, plural: tabun)
1. something that is prohibited or avoided, usually because it is sacred

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

WEEK #11

ÖDA (verb)
1. to waste/squander

WEEK #10

YR (adj, yrt, yra)
1. dizzy, unbalanced

WEEK #9

VÅRVIND (common gender/en word, plural: vårvindar)
1. a breeze that shows that spring is on the way
2. something that shows a positive change is coming (idiomatic)

WEEK #8

LIEMANNEN (common gender/en-word)
1. a personification of death, most commonly holding a scythe and wearing a black hood, like the Grim Reaper (for more info click here)
NOTE: This noun is already in the definite form!

WEEK #7

SJUSPALTIG (adj: sjuspaltigt, sjuspaltiga)
1. having seven columns (for use in journalism/newspapers/magazines)

WEEK #6

WEEK #6:
RYSCH (neuter gender/ett-word, plural: rysch)
1. a wrinkly piece of thin cloth, like the English ruche